Forecasts of COPD mortality in Australia: 2006-2025

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Erbas, Bircan ^a   Ullah, Shahid ^b   Hyndman, Rob J ^c   Scollo, Michelle ^d   Abramson, Michael ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

COPD mortality; Forecasting; Functional data analysis; Tobacco consumption

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84857127946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-17     Document Type: Article

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